If the FOSS Act is passed, these will be new state policies:

• Making sure our government has access to the source code of the software it uses, to help make our government self-reliant when it comes to technology.
  
• Strengthening our access to information and government data
• Preferring Filipino labor and material in the local IT scene
• Promoting discipline when using government funds to buy software, without compromising national security
• Creating a FOSS environment in which Filipino IT professionals and scientists can better develop

To be more specific, this is what will happen:

• In order to encourage students to use and develop FOSS, the government will provide laboratories, organize contests, and encourage student research on this topic.
• DepEd, DOST, CHED, and TESDA will implement a new curriculum to train teachers and students of all levels in the use of FOSS.
• Existing IT professionals will also receive training and certification in FOSS.
• To see a list of schools that already use and support FOSS, go to FOSS Phils.

• Software programs, techniques, and methods will not receive patent protection; this should ensure more source code sharing and less lawsuits.

• In all their IT activities, government offices will use FOSS unless there is none available, or unless they already have a very widely-implemented proprietary setup.

• If the government buys or uses proprietary software, it must be able to work with FOSS setups.

• The government will oppose lock-ins and monopolies by software vendors.

• The government will prefer Filipino-owned IT companies when procuring FOSS services.

• All software developed by the government will be FOSS, except in cases involving national security.